This year has seen the strangest election that most of us can recall. But, as the BBC has found, U.S. elections are just strange, in general.
Here are a few ways that our friends across the pond have found us to be a little odd when it comes to choosing our leaders.
Many of us are going to want to have a drink tomorrow when it’s all over. But for some folks in Indiana, that won’t be easy. Eighteen cities and seven counties in Indiana have banned the sale of booze on election day.
Meanwhile, in Texas, no agnostics are allowed to run for public office. The state’s constitution requires office-seekers to “acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.” States with similar laws include South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Maryland and Arkansas.
In Tennessee, if you challenge someone to a duel, you give up your right to hold public office.
And then there’s Kentucky. That state’s constitution prohibits “idiots and insane persons” from casting a ballot on election day.
